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The Annoyance Archive Take a look back at some of your favorite Annoyance productions. A B C D E F G H I L M N O P R S T U W Select Year* Best of Annoyance Sketch Deep Schwa Flex Hitch*Cocktails Little Orphan Boy Motorcycle Rocketship Paper or Plastic presents The Recycled Comedy Hour Right Place Wrong Time Sight Unseen Celebrates 10 YRS Sunday Mic - Free! The Future the Musical STREAM Trigger Happy: Annoyance Signature Improv 12 Angry Improvisers Burlesque Is More - Summer '24 Double Trouble Gag Reflex Holy Fuck Comedy Hour Little Orphan Boy Music Jam - FREE! Pilot Season: Improvised CW Pilots Rush Sight Unseen Celebrates 10 YRS Super Human The On Dee eL improv Variety Hour Tuesday Musical Improv Baby Wine CHIP Chats Escapades Girl Party How To Make Friends and Alienate Them Little Orphan Boy Never Not Murder Puff, Puff, Laugh SWIPED: Improvised Thievery Sketchflix and Chill Sydney Castillo My Cup is Full The Rizzard of Flaws Universal Dream Batman Returns Comedy Arts - DePaul @ Annoyance Fire & Beer: Annoyance House Ensemble Good Bits presents GET OFF MY CHANNEL Irrelephant Locker Room - Edinburgh Preview One Star Rat Mass Search Engine Steamworks the Musical Teeny Tiny Character Show The Rizzard of Flaws STREAM We Took Edibles an Hour Ago Batman Returns STREAM DNA Comedy presents Apology Tour Fishbowl with Sight Unseen Highbrow Lowbrow presents Comedy Bingo It's Your Funeral Missed Call Open Stage - Free! Rigate Rumble Sight Unseen Celebrates 10 YRS Student Jam The Future the Musical This is a Joke Load More PHOTO ALBUMS PHOTO ALBUMS THE HISTORY OF THE ANNOYANCE THE HISTORY OF THE ANNOYANCE THE ANNOYANCE ENSEMBLE THE ANNOYANCE ENSEMBLE TOP

Annoyance+ UPCOMING SERIES PAST SHOWS Upcoming Livestreams WATCH The Rizzard of Flaws STREAM July 25, 2024 9:30 PM Play Likes, comments, subscribes, OH MY! Follow the Zuckerberg’s Code to meet the Rizzard in this semi-musical, semi-improvised, fully fun-filled and multidimensional adventure! WATCH The Future the Musical STREAM July 26, 2024 8:00 PM Musical The year is 2054 and colonizing the moon may be more difficult than Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk ever thought. WATCH Batman Returns STREAM August 31, 2024 7:30 PM Play Batman Returns is the unauthorized parody sequel of the summer, lampooning every era of The Caped Crusader. Upcoming Series Series: Past Recordings Past Shows: Subscribe and be the first to know about future LiveStreams! Live shows. 7 days a week. Got an idea for a show? Whether your thing is improv, sketch, an original play, musical, or something else, The Annoyance is always accepting pitches for new shows. Show Application Info TOP

CHIP Chats Missed Call Escapades SWIPED: Improvised Thievery Fishbowl with Sight Unseen Super Human Hitch*Cocktails Trigger Happy: Annoyance Signature Improv

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Thursday, July 25, 2024 Never Not Murder 7:00 PM Teeny Tiny Character Show 8:30 PM The Rizzard of Flaws 9:30 PM Super Human 8:00 PM Fishbowl with Sight Unseen 9:30 PM

Annoyance+ the internet's only funny comedy. UPCOMING SERIES PAST SHOWS Twitch YouTube LiveStream SHOWS Subscribe and be the first to know about future LiveStreams! Upcoming: UPCOMING SERIES PAST SHOWS WATCH Batman Returns STREAM Saturday 7:30 PM Play Batman Returns is the unauthorized parody sequel of the summer, lampooning every era of The Caped Crusader. More Info WATCH The Future the Musical STREAM Friday 8:00 PM Musical The year is 2054 and colonizing the moon may be more difficult than Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk ever thought. More Info WATCH The Rizzard of Flaws STREAM Thursday 9:30 PM Play Likes, comments, subscribes, OH MY! Follow the Zuckerberg’s Code to meet the Rizzard in this semi-musical, semi-improvised, fully fun-filled and multidimensional adventure! More Info Upcoming Series Series: UPCOMING SERIES PAST SHOWS Past Shows Past Shows: UPCOMING SERIES PAST SHOWS Twitch Twitch: UPCOMING SERIES PAST SHOWS YouTube YouTube: UPCOMING SERIES PAST SHOWS LiveStream LiveStream: UPCOMING SERIES PAST SHOWS Subscribe and be the first to know about future LiveStreams! Live shows. 7 days a week. Got an idea for a show? Whether your thing is improv, sketch, an original play, musical, or something else, The Annoyance is always accepting pitches for new shows. Show Application Info TOP

DIE . Laughing at the Annoyance. What's Playing Annoyance - Featured Shows: (Thurs - Sat) Click here for all shows Puff, Puff, Laugh Thursday 8/15 - 9/5 Sketch 7:00 PM Mainstage 1900 The Three Kids in a Trenchcoat crew and their trusty cast bring a fresh performance week in and out. More Info Buy Tickets The Rizzard of Flaws Thursday 7/11 - 7/25 Play 9:30 PM Mainstage 2150 Likes, comments, subscribes, OH MY! Follow the Zuckerberg’s Code to meet the Rizzard in this semi-musical, semi-improvised, fully fun-filled and multidimensional adventure! More Info Buy Tickets The Future the Musical Friday 7/5 - 7/26 Musical 8:00 PM Mainstage 2000 The year is 2054 and colonizing the moon may be more difficult than Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk ever thought. More Info Buy Tickets Girl Party Friday Through July Improv 10:30 PM Small Theater 2230 Girl Party is an all female long form improv show with rotating hosts, and a new theme every week- chosen by YOU! More Info Buy Tickets Super Human Thursday Open Run Improv 8:00 PM Small Theater 2000 Super Human is synonymous with bold, hilarious, fearless and fun comedy. More Info Buy Tickets Sketchflix and Chill Thursday 8/1 - 8/29 Sketch 9:30 PM Mainstage 2150 Experience the electrifying passion and laughter of an hour of sketch comedy inspired by movies. More Info Buy Tickets CHIP Chats Friday 7/5 - 8/30 Improv 9:30 PM Small Theater 2150 CHIP Chats is a PowerPoint comedy show that is a bit like TED Talks, but much Worse. More Info Buy Tickets Irrelephant Saturday 7/13 - 8/3 Sketch 6:00 PM Mainstage 1800 IRRELEPHANT is an hour-long collection of brand-new sketch comedy from some of Chicago’s brightest comedic minds, promising sketches concerning pig-men and songs about farts. In a world where everything matters, nothing is IRRELEPHANT. More Info Buy Tickets Teeny Tiny Character Show Thursday Bi-Weekly Showcase 8:30 PM Mainstage 2050 The Teeny Tiny Character Show is just that: a petite little space for comedians to showcase their characters. More Info Buy Tickets Missed Call Friday Open Run Improv 8:00 PM Small Theater 2000 Missed Call is a premiere Chicago comedy group that writes and performs an entirely new sketch show every Friday. More Info Buy Tickets Hitch*Cocktails Friday Open Run Play 10:00 PM Mainstage 2200 A Chicago based improv comedy show and drinking game based on the works of Alfred Hitchcock. More Info Buy Tickets Trigger Happy: Annoyance Signature Improv Saturday Open Run Improv 7:00 PM Small Theater 1900 An Improv comedy show with startling theatricality that looks like magic. More Info Buy Tickets Chicago's Only Funny Comedy. 7 Nights a Week. Check out all of our shows View All Shows IMPROV CLASSES AT THE ANNOYANCE Under the guidance of Artistic Director Mick Napier, The Annoyance provides excellent quality training in improvisation. Based on Napier’s book, Improvise: Scene From the Inside Out, the Annoyance philosophy focuses on the individual, giving students feedback and support to allow them to find and enhance their personal point of view and creative voice. CHECK OUT OUR CLASSES THE ANNOYANCE BAR. MENU FOOD. DRINK. FUN. AnnoyanceMainstage The Annoyance Bar lounge area The Annoyance Bar lounge area at night. AnnoyanceBarFullView AnnoyanceMainstage 1/12 Rent a Space! From the bar, our two theaters, and our studios, we have it all! We have 6 studio classrooms to rent for rehearsals, meetings, and auditions. They may also be rented for commercial use (classes/workshops) at our commercial rates. ​ Our Small (40 seat) and Mainstage (100 seat) theaters are also available for rental for corporate/special events and parties. RENTAL INFORMATION Visit Us! With shows 7 days a week, The Annoyance has something for everyone. Come catch a show, hang out at the bar, take a class and meet some of the funniest people in comedy. PLAN YOUR VISIT To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. About Us: For over 35 years, The Annoyance Theatre has created some of Chicago’s finest comedy. Home of such iconic shows as, Co-ed Prison Sluts , That Darned Antichrist, and Splatter Theater, The Annoyance uses improvisation to create new and original plays, musicals, sketch-comedy, and more in a vibrant, creative atmosphere. LEARN MORE

BACK 6:30 PM 6:30 PM 6:30 PM 6:30 PM Batman Returns STREAM Play Same Bat-Time, Same Bat-Channel, an All-New Bat-Parody! This summer Batman Returns and the Dynamic Duo must spring into action to save Gotham from The Penguin, Harley Quinn, and The Clayface! You won’t want to miss this all-new installment in The Batman Show: An Unauthorized Parody! Saturday 7:30 PM WATCH Featuring TOP

Monday: MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT SUN ALL One Star Monday 8:00 PM 7/15 - 9/9 Mainstage Improv One Star is a comedy troupe that enjoys schadenfreude; our signature improv long form features scenes and characters inspired by real reviews of places you suggest. More Info Buy Tickets Student Jam Monday 9:30 PM Open Run Small Theater Showcase A night for Annoyance students to JAM! More Info Buy Tickets Monday Tuesday Tuesday: MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT SUN ALL Music Jam - FREE! Tuesday 7:00 PM Open Run Mainstage Musical Hosted by members of Tuesday Musical Improv, this free weekly jam allows anyone to try out musical improv. Sign-ups begin at 6:45--no experience necessary! More Info Buy Tickets Tuesday Musical Improv Tuesday 8:00 PM Open Run Mainstage Improv, Musical Tuesday Musical Improv features two groups improvising new musicals every week. More Info Buy Tickets Open Stage - Free! Tuesday 9:30 PM Open Run Mainstage Sketch, Improv, Variety, Stand-Up Anything can happen...and it usually does. More Info Buy Tickets TOP Wednesday Wednesday: MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT SUN ALL How To Make Friends and Alienate Them Wednesday 7:00 PM 7/17 - 7/31 Small Theater Stand-Up A self-help seminar goes off the rails when the host doesn’t arrive, and one brave clown has to step up to run the show. More Info Buy Tickets Universal Dream Wednesday 8:30 PM 7/31 - 8/24 Small Theater Sketch From Heaven to Purgatory and everywhere in between, Joe flies through his subconscious, through the emotional and the absurd. More Info Buy Tickets The On Dee eL improv Variety Hour Wednesday 7:00 PM 7/24 - 8/7 Mainstage Variety Andel Sudik, a veteran of the Chicago improv community, gathers a ragtag bunch of geniuses and friends both local and international for an evening of Dumb Fun Pure Joy and absolute seriousness More Info Buy Tickets 12 Angry Improvisers Wednesday 9:30 PM 6/5 - 8/28 Mainstage Improv During this show, the cast will act as a jury, determining the guilt of a defendant who's crime (based on audience suggestion) will be re-examined scene by scene. More Info Buy Tickets Pilot Season: Improvised CW Pilots Wednesday 8:00 PM 7/24 - 8/28 Mainstage Improv We're pitching a new CW style pilot episode every week, fueled by the audience's suggestions and some classic teenage angst. More Info Buy Tickets Right Place Wrong Time Wednesday 9:30 PM 8/7 - 8/28 Small Theater Sketch Rey and Braden combine forces once more, writing and performing sketches and scenes centering the challenges they face while chasing a dream. More Info Buy Tickets Thursday Thursday: MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT SUN ALL This is a Joke Thursday 6:30 PM 8/9 Small Theater Stand-Up One joke deconstructing all of comedy and everything else.... More Info Buy Tickets Puff, Puff, Laugh Thursday 7:00 PM 8/15 - 9/5 Mainstage Sketch The Three Kids in a Trenchcoat crew and their trusty cast bring a fresh performance week in and out. More Info Buy Tickets SWIPED: Improvised Thievery Thursday 8:30 PM 8/1 - 8/29 Mainstage Improv Every week come check out the thrilling highs and lows of an improvised heist with a colorful band of thieves. More Info Buy Tickets Sketchflix and Chill Thursday 9:30 PM 8/1 - 8/29 Mainstage Sketch Experience the electrifying passion and laughter of an hour of sketch comedy inspired by movies. More Info Buy Tickets Sydney Castillo My Cup is Full Thursday 7:00 PM 11/21 Mainstage Stand-Up A night of laughter with stand-up comedian Sydney Castillo (Wild N’ Out, NBC’s Marlon). More Info Buy Tickets Sight Unseen Celebrates 10 YRS Thursday 8:00 PM 9/26 Small Theater Improv Sight Unseen celebrates 10 years of their unique blend of narrative improv with past members returning and extra special Fishbowl sets. More Info Buy Tickets Teeny Tiny Character Show Thursday 8:30 PM Bi-Weekly Mainstage Showcase The Teeny Tiny Character Show is just that: a petite little space for comedians to showcase their characters. More Info Buy Tickets Sight Unseen Celebrates 10 YRS Thursday 9:30 PM 9/26 Small Theater Improv Sight Unseen celebrates 10 years of their unique blend of narrative improv with past members returning and extra special Fishbowl sets. More Info Buy Tickets Never Not Murder Thursday 7:00 PM 5/30 - 8/8 Mainstage Play Set in 1944, young Detective Frankie King is in love and solving crimes left and right to clean up the slimy, crooked New York City… or so he thinks. More Info Buy Tickets Super Human Thursday 8:00 PM Open Run Small Theater Improv Super Human is synonymous with bold, hilarious, fearless and fun comedy. More Info Buy Tickets The Rizzard of Flaws Thursday 9:30 PM 7/11 - 7/25 Mainstage Play Likes, comments, subscribes, OH MY! Follow the Zuckerberg’s Code to meet the Rizzard in this semi-musical, semi-improvised, fully fun-filled and multidimensional adventure! More Info Buy Tickets Fishbowl with Sight Unseen Thursday 9:30 PM Open Run Small Theater Improv The night opens with students performing with veteran improvisers and closes with a dynamic, debaucherous set from house team Sight Unseen. More Info Buy Tickets MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT SUN ALL Friday Friday: MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT SUN ALL Sight Unseen Celebrates 10 YRS Friday 6:30 PM 9/27 Mainstage Improv Sight Unseen celebrates 10 years of their unique blend of narrative improv with past members returning and extra special Fishbowl sets. More Info Buy Tickets The Future the Musical Friday 8:00 PM 7/5 - 7/26 Mainstage Musical The year is 2054 and colonizing the moon may be more difficult than Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk ever thought. More Info Buy Tickets CHIP Chats Friday 9:30 PM 7/5 - 8/30 Small Theater Improv CHIP Chats is a PowerPoint comedy show that is a bit like TED Talks, but much Worse. More Info Buy Tickets Girl Party Friday 10:30 PM Through July Small Theater Improv Girl Party is an all female long form improv show with rotating hosts, and a new theme every week- chosen by YOU! More Info Buy Tickets Little Orphan Boy Friday 6:30 PM 11/1 - 12/29 Mainstage Musical Will the Little Lad ever find his Mum in NYC? More Info Buy Tickets Rush Friday 8:00 PM 8/2 - 8/30 Mainstage Play RUSH! A one act play about two women trying to make it in to a crude, crass, and sexually confused sorority. More Info Buy Tickets Gag Reflex Friday 9:30 PM 8/2 Small Theater Sketch FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY, catch Gag Reflex before they bring their show to NYC! With all new sketches & their classic improv, this is a show you don't wanna miss. More Info Buy Tickets Escapades Friday 10:30 PM Bi-Weekly Mainstage Improv Escapades is a completely improvised choose-your-own adventure. More Info Buy Tickets Missed Call Friday 8:00 PM Open Run Small Theater Improv Missed Call is a premiere Chicago comedy group that writes and performs an entirely new sketch show every Friday. More Info Buy Tickets Baby Wine Friday 9:30 PM Returning September! Small Theater Improv QUEER COMEDY, HON! More Info Buy Tickets Hitch*Cocktails Friday 10:00 PM Open Run Mainstage Play A Chicago based improv comedy show and drinking game based on the works of Alfred Hitchcock. More Info Buy Tickets Holy Fuck Comedy Hour Friday 11:59 PM Open Run Mainstage Variety A curated hour of eclectic, comedic material written in a week and performed for the first time. More Info Buy Tickets Saturday Saturday: MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT SUN ALL Double Trouble Saturday 6:00 PM 7/3 - 8/3 Small Theater Sketch Joe Cariola & Gabby Seed team up for a night of tight, wacky, absurd sketches. More Info Buy Tickets Trigger Happy: Annoyance Signature Improv Saturday 7:00 PM Open Run Small Theater Improv An Improv comedy show with startling theatricality that looks like magic. More Info Buy Tickets Steamworks the Musical Saturday 8:00 PM 6/1 - 8/10 Mainstage Musical Anything can happen when a new gay in town searches for love in all the wrong holes. More Info Buy Tickets Burlesque Is More - Summer '24 Saturday 10:30 PM 7/13 - 8/24 Mainstage Variety Burlesque is More is back-Comedy, dancing, and pasties, what more could you ask for? Join us for a sexy, saucy good time every Saturday at 10:30. More Info Buy Tickets Irrelephant Saturday 6:00 PM 7/13 - 8/3 Mainstage Sketch IRRELEPHANT is an hour-long collection of brand-new sketch comedy from some of Chicago’s brightest comedic minds, promising sketches concerning pig-men and songs about farts. In a world where everything matters, nothing is IRRELEPHANT. More Info Buy Tickets Batman Returns Saturday 7:30 PM 8/17 - 9/14 Mainstage Play Batman Returns is the unauthorized parody sequel of the summer, lampooning every era of The Caped Crusader. More Info Buy Tickets Little Orphan Boy Saturday 8:00 PM 11/1 - 12/29 Mainstage Musical Will the Little Lad ever find his Mum in NYC? More Info Buy Tickets We Took Edibles an Hour Ago Saturday 11:59 PM Open Run Mainstage Improv They take edibles. Then they improvise. More Info Buy Tickets DNA Comedy presents Apology Tour Saturday 6:00 PM 8/17 - 9/7 Mainstage Sketch DNA: Apology Tour is a sketch show you'll be sorry to miss More Info Buy Tickets Fire & Beer: Annoyance House Ensemble Saturday 8:00 PM Open Run Small Theater Improv The show features the fantastic Annoyance House Ensemble in both long- and short-form improv. More Info Buy Tickets Best of Annoyance Sketch Saturday 9:30 PM Open Run Small Theater Sketch An hour long comedy show featuring some of Annoyance Theatre’s best and funniest. More Info Buy Tickets Sunday Sunday: MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT SUN ALL Little Orphan Boy Sunday 3:00 PM 11/1 - 12/29 Mainstage Musical Will the Little Lad ever find his Mum in NYC? More Info Buy Tickets It's Your Funeral Sunday 9:30 PM Monthly Mainstage Variety A variety show celebrating the living by pretending they are dead. More Info Buy Tickets Sunday Mic - Free! Sunday 4:00 PM Bi-Weekly The Annoyance Bar Stand-Up Sunday Open Mic at the Bar hosted by Sara Dirks More Info Buy Tickets Deep Schwa Sunday 8:00 PM Open Run Mainstage Improv High-octane improv comedy from Chicago's most seasoned performers. More Info Buy Tickets All All Shows:(A-Z) MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT SUN ALL 12 Angry Improvisers Wednesday 9:30 PM 6/5 - 8/28 Mainstage Improv During this show, the cast will act as a jury, determining the guilt of a defendant who's crime (based on audience suggestion) will be re-examined scene by scene. More Info Buy Tickets Best of Annoyance Sketch Saturday 9:30 PM Open Run Small Theater Sketch An hour long comedy show featuring some of Annoyance Theatre’s best and funniest. More Info Buy Tickets DNA Comedy presents Apology Tour Saturday 6:00 PM 8/17 - 9/7 Mainstage Sketch DNA: Apology Tour is a sketch show you'll be sorry to miss More Info Buy Tickets Escapades Friday 10:30 PM Bi-Weekly Mainstage Improv Escapades is a completely improvised choose-your-own adventure. More Info Buy Tickets Gag Reflex Friday 9:30 PM 8/2 Small Theater Sketch FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY, catch Gag Reflex before they bring their show to NYC! With all new sketches & their classic improv, this is a show you don't wanna miss. More Info Buy Tickets Holy Fuck Comedy Hour Friday 11:59 PM Open Run Mainstage Variety A curated hour of eclectic, comedic material written in a week and performed for the first time. More Info Buy Tickets It's Your Funeral Sunday 9:30 PM Monthly Mainstage Variety A variety show celebrating the living by pretending they are dead. More Info Buy Tickets Little Orphan Boy Sunday 3:00 PM 11/1 - 12/29 Mainstage Musical Will the Little Lad ever find his Mum in NYC? More Info Buy Tickets Never Not Murder Thursday 7:00 PM 5/30 - 8/8 Mainstage Play Set in 1944, young Detective Frankie King is in love and solving crimes left and right to clean up the slimy, crooked New York City… or so he thinks. More Info Buy Tickets Pilot Season: Improvised CW Pilots Wednesday 8:00 PM 7/24 - 8/28 Mainstage Improv We're pitching a new CW style pilot episode every week, fueled by the audience's suggestions and some classic teenage angst. More Info Buy Tickets Rush Friday 8:00 PM 8/2 - 8/30 Mainstage Play RUSH! A one act play about two women trying to make it in to a crude, crass, and sexually confused sorority. More Info Buy Tickets Sight Unseen Celebrates 10 YRS Friday 6:30 PM 9/27 Mainstage Improv Sight Unseen celebrates 10 years of their unique blend of narrative improv with past members returning and extra special Fishbowl sets. More Info Buy Tickets Steamworks the Musical Saturday 8:00 PM 6/1 - 8/10 Mainstage Musical Anything can happen when a new gay in town searches for love in all the wrong holes. More Info Buy Tickets Super Human Thursday 8:00 PM Open Run Small Theater Improv Super Human is synonymous with bold, hilarious, fearless and fun comedy. More Info Buy Tickets The Future the Musical Friday 8:00 PM 7/5 - 7/26 Mainstage Musical The year is 2054 and colonizing the moon may be more difficult than Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk ever thought. More Info Buy Tickets This is a Joke Thursday 6:30 PM 8/9 Small Theater Stand-Up One joke deconstructing all of comedy and everything else.... More Info Buy Tickets Universal Dream Wednesday 8:30 PM 7/31 - 8/24 Small Theater Sketch From Heaven to Purgatory and everywhere in between, Joe flies through his subconscious, through the emotional and the absurd. More Info Buy Tickets Baby Wine Friday 9:30 PM Returning September! Small Theater Improv QUEER COMEDY, HON! More Info Buy Tickets Burlesque Is More - Summer '24 Saturday 10:30 PM 7/13 - 8/24 Mainstage Variety Burlesque is More is back-Comedy, dancing, and pasties, what more could you ask for? Join us for a sexy, saucy good time every Saturday at 10:30. More Info Buy Tickets Deep Schwa Sunday 8:00 PM Open Run Mainstage Improv High-octane improv comedy from Chicago's most seasoned performers. More Info Buy Tickets Fire & Beer: Annoyance House Ensemble Saturday 8:00 PM Open Run Small Theater Improv The show features the fantastic Annoyance House Ensemble in both long- and short-form improv. More Info Buy Tickets Girl Party Friday 10:30 PM Through July Small Theater Improv Girl Party is an all female long form improv show with rotating hosts, and a new theme every week- chosen by YOU! More Info Buy Tickets How To Make Friends and Alienate Them Wednesday 7:00 PM 7/17 - 7/31 Small Theater Stand-Up A self-help seminar goes off the rails when the host doesn’t arrive, and one brave clown has to step up to run the show. More Info Buy Tickets Little Orphan Boy Friday 6:30 PM 11/1 - 12/29 Mainstage Musical Will the Little Lad ever find his Mum in NYC? More Info Buy Tickets Missed Call Friday 8:00 PM Open Run Small Theater Improv Missed Call is a premiere Chicago comedy group that writes and performs an entirely new sketch show every Friday. More Info Buy Tickets One Star Monday 8:00 PM 7/15 - 9/9 Mainstage Improv One Star is a comedy troupe that enjoys schadenfreude; our signature improv long form features scenes and characters inspired by real reviews of places you suggest. More Info Buy Tickets Puff, Puff, Laugh Thursday 7:00 PM 8/15 - 9/5 Mainstage Sketch The Three Kids in a Trenchcoat crew and their trusty cast bring a fresh performance week in and out. More Info Buy Tickets SWIPED: Improvised Thievery Thursday 8:30 PM 8/1 - 8/29 Mainstage Improv Every week come check out the thrilling highs and lows of an improvised heist with a colorful band of thieves. More Info Buy Tickets Sight Unseen Celebrates 10 YRS Thursday 8:00 PM 9/26 Small Theater Improv Sight Unseen celebrates 10 years of their unique blend of narrative improv with past members returning and extra special Fishbowl sets. More Info Buy Tickets Student Jam Monday 9:30 PM Open Run Small Theater Showcase A night for Annoyance students to JAM! More Info Buy Tickets Sydney Castillo My Cup is Full Thursday 7:00 PM 11/21 Mainstage Stand-Up A night of laughter with stand-up comedian Sydney Castillo (Wild N’ Out, NBC’s Marlon). More Info Buy Tickets The On Dee eL improv Variety Hour Wednesday 7:00 PM 7/24 - 8/7 Mainstage Variety Andel Sudik, a veteran of the Chicago improv community, gathers a ragtag bunch of geniuses and friends both local and international for an evening of Dumb Fun Pure Joy and absolute seriousness More Info Buy Tickets Trigger Happy: Annoyance Signature Improv Saturday 7:00 PM Open Run Small Theater Improv An Improv comedy show with startling theatricality that looks like magic. More Info Buy Tickets We Took Edibles an Hour Ago Saturday 11:59 PM Open Run Mainstage Improv They take edibles. Then they improvise. More Info Buy Tickets Batman Returns Saturday 7:30 PM 8/17 - 9/14 Mainstage Play Batman Returns is the unauthorized parody sequel of the summer, lampooning every era of The Caped Crusader. More Info Buy Tickets CHIP Chats Friday 9:30 PM 7/5 - 8/30 Small Theater Improv CHIP Chats is a PowerPoint comedy show that is a bit like TED Talks, but much Worse. More Info Buy Tickets Double Trouble Saturday 6:00 PM 7/3 - 8/3 Small Theater Sketch Joe Cariola & Gabby Seed team up for a night of tight, wacky, absurd sketches. More Info Buy Tickets Fishbowl with Sight Unseen Thursday 9:30 PM Open Run Small Theater Improv The night opens with students performing with veteran improvisers and closes with a dynamic, debaucherous set from house team Sight Unseen. More Info Buy Tickets Hitch*Cocktails Friday 10:00 PM Open Run Mainstage Play A Chicago based improv comedy show and drinking game based on the works of Alfred Hitchcock. More Info Buy Tickets Irrelephant Saturday 6:00 PM 7/13 - 8/3 Mainstage Sketch IRRELEPHANT is an hour-long collection of brand-new sketch comedy from some of Chicago’s brightest comedic minds, promising sketches concerning pig-men and songs about farts. In a world where everything matters, nothing is IRRELEPHANT. More Info Buy Tickets Little Orphan Boy Saturday 8:00 PM 11/1 - 12/29 Mainstage Musical Will the Little Lad ever find his Mum in NYC? More Info Buy Tickets Music Jam - FREE! Tuesday 7:00 PM Open Run Mainstage Musical Hosted by members of Tuesday Musical Improv, this free weekly jam allows anyone to try out musical improv. Sign-ups begin at 6:45--no experience necessary! More Info Buy Tickets Open Stage - Free! Tuesday 9:30 PM Open Run Mainstage Sketch, Improv, Variety, Stand-Up Anything can happen...and it usually does. More Info Buy Tickets Right Place Wrong Time Wednesday 9:30 PM 8/7 - 8/28 Small Theater Sketch Rey and Braden combine forces once more, writing and performing sketches and scenes centering the challenges they face while chasing a dream. More Info Buy Tickets Sight Unseen Celebrates 10 YRS Thursday 9:30 PM 9/26 Small Theater Improv Sight Unseen celebrates 10 years of their unique blend of narrative improv with past members returning and extra special Fishbowl sets. More Info Buy Tickets Sketchflix and Chill Thursday 9:30 PM 8/1 - 8/29 Mainstage Sketch Experience the electrifying passion and laughter of an hour of sketch comedy inspired by movies. More Info Buy Tickets Sunday Mic - Free! Sunday 4:00 PM Bi-Weekly The Annoyance Bar Stand-Up Sunday Open Mic at the Bar hosted by Sara Dirks More Info Buy Tickets Teeny Tiny Character Show Thursday 8:30 PM Bi-Weekly Mainstage Showcase The Teeny Tiny Character Show is just that: a petite little space for comedians to showcase their characters. More Info Buy Tickets The Rizzard of Flaws Thursday 9:30 PM 7/11 - 7/25 Mainstage Play Likes, comments, subscribes, OH MY! Follow the Zuckerberg’s Code to meet the Rizzard in this semi-musical, semi-improvised, fully fun-filled and multidimensional adventure! More Info Buy Tickets Tuesday Musical Improv Tuesday 8:00 PM Open Run Mainstage Improv, Musical Tuesday Musical Improv features two groups improvising new musicals every week. More Info Buy Tickets TOP

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